GreekChat.com Forums - If you could design an AI program.........

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Originally Posted by AOEforme (Post 1734395)

I don't really know much about AI as Alpha Ep doesn't have a formal program for it... but, I found this interesting.

On the "Parents" page for a collegiate AOII Chapter:

"Mothers: Would you like to be a member of AOII?
Membership is available to mothers of AOII's who are not initiated members of another NPC organization. Mothers and daughters have always enjoyed the special closeness of being involved in AOII. You can find an application and more information about our Alumnae Initiate program on our international web site."

I know that my sorority has initiated member moms. It's typically offered to member moms who have helped us out since their daughter joined. We initiated our chapter president's mom during her daughter's senior year. She wasn't a "helicopter mom" or anything, but when she knew that we needed something, she volunteered. For example, when we moved into our house and needed people to paint over the weekend, she came, she would drop off little treats for us, and even helped pull weeds in our yard.

What I notice with these types of "mom initiation programs" though, most moms (in my experience) are helping out because they are the type of person who helps out with stuff their daughter is involved in. They aren't necessarily like "OMG I wanna help so I can AI." Any mom that has ever been initiated via my chapter didn't even know this existed until they were approached by the alumna chapter ladies about it.

I wonder if the "market" created for AI recently is going to change these sorts of programs, and if we'll start to get moms who want to help specifically with the goal of getting initiated (and if that in turn is going to cause sororities to stop these sort of honors)? Thoughts?